Christmas morning

North had a great, super-hero filled Christmas morning this year. Grandma came to town and was able to celebrate with us.

Ice-man

Silver surfer

Wisecracking spider-man

An excited boy

Green Lantern Planet Oa (this and the Batcave from Grandma and Grandpa were favorites)

Joker

Happy kiddo

Clothes

X-men

And North's first pair of roller skates!

Christmas with Nana and Grandad

Shortly before Christmas Nana and Grandad came for a visit to celebrate the holidays with us. We had great fun getting to spend time with them and of course North loved the presents!

Uncle Steve got North a Green Goblin. This was an absolute favorite.Farm Animals!

Gift for the baby!

Merry Christmas

Coming this spring...

Seemed time for the newest edition of our family to finally make an appearance on the blog. North absolutely can't wait to be a big brother and meet his little sister this spring. Alan and I are pretty excited to meet her as well. Here are the pictures we have of her from ultrasounds so far:

Maryland Science Center

Every few months we head to Baltimore to visit the aquarium and science center--2 of North's favorite attractions. Here are some photos from our most recent stop.

Thanksgiving in Indiana

Over Thanksgiving Alan and I both took off a long weekend from work so that we could take a quick trip to Indiana. We had a fabulous time visiting with everyone, though as always it went far too quickly.

snuggling our much missed pup.

being a ham.

adding the angel to grandma and grandpa's tree.

this year's gingerbread houses (grandma's is the collapsed one).

We also attended a Thanksgiving parade with Nana and Grandad but unfortunately weren't able to snap any photos in the dark.

Our last day in town we celebrated with the McGranahans and Clarkes. The 3 kiddos LOVED getting to play together.

kid wrestling pile. North and Lincoln could not understand why Mila would not take her shirt off for the wrestling match.